It’s a reason for everything

Also - don't trust White folks - you don't get to do what White kids do - don't go inside their homes, etc. Our parents would say "White folks will kill you"

this is really important to wake up, because there are so many black sayings we hear growing up that seem like they came from nowhere, but their origins really did shape how black people had to parent their children, especially with the risk of life and death in public spaces

No option of 'free range children' for us. They get to rely on society valuing, respecting and caring for their children. We do not get that grace, our children do not get that grace.

It's nice to understand where our culture comes from so we can heal❤️

She is ABSOLUTELY right. Yall, go talk to your grand parents, and let them explain to you their childhood experience, growing up.

It's still safety.

All the people in the comments talking about, “they heard the same thing from their white mom”, not realizing that their parent’s parents were actually raised by black women as it was common for them to be domestic workers for white families, and do the child rearing…

completely understand what she is saying but she is completely wrong. tell the babies don't touch shit unless i tell you too. shit is real simple.

Same here. 1918. She lived thru the Women's Suffrage, Red Scare, Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, Dust Bowl, WWII, Civil Rights Movement, The Cold, Korean, Vietnam & Gulf Wars, 80s recession, and 911 before death. The history shared with me in our 20 years together.

Kimberly Jones is always gon' keep it a buck!! ♥️✊🏾♥️

Uhhh...just FYI my white mother gave me the same speech when I was little, and she only had to tell me once. Why do you think I got the same speech from a white lady?

The trauma that we carry around inside us as a people from a system that was designed for us to be prey instead of predator is mind blowing 🤯.

Facts. My parents were the same way. When I was a kid in the 60's & if I was misbehaving out in public. 😔

White kids were told the same thing. They didn't grow up making a career out of the trauma. It's called having manners and conducting oneself in public.

She was born in Jim Crow. Reconstruction was the era directly after slavery.

Her situation was pretty unique. It’s more about poverty in the embarrassment poverty, your mom had a really strict budget and you just picking shit up. They was really embarrassed to say they couldn’t afford extra shit you was putting in the cart

Agree and understand, my grandmother was born in 1917 communicated the same to me..she's the strongest voice in my head from childhood to now..

My grandma gave me the same talk before going into the store, I’m white. You’re just making things up. Mine was born in 1920 and lived to be 98 yrs old. She would whoop me if I touched anything!

@AnotherLibShill

And this is just 1 of a million different effects of Black American lineage and heritage. That's why we can't allow tethers to just come in assuming our identity because they don't have a shared experience. They also can't finger-wag, judge, or begin to underestand our circumst

More of these types of podcasts, please!

PTSD

Keep they ass at home so they can touch the wall lol not the stores

That’s retarded everyone tells there kids not to touch shit in the store

NOW, they tear up any store they want, any time they feel like it. Why?

I’m an old white lady. Best believe I gave that same speech to my 3 boys every time we went to the store. It wasn’t grocery etiquette; it was social and financial etiquette.

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Reconstruction? 50 years later? Come on. Everybody except the Elites were struggling.

It’s 2026 fam move on

Reconstruction ear 1865-1877 we have to get history right

My mom was taught that and taught me the same thing. For my family it wasn’t slavery, it was being an immigrant from a country that was at war w/ America at the time during the 40s.

All black kids are taught this